Some of the prospective adoptive families affected by the review have been caring for a child for a long time, said Julie Despaties, the founder and executive director of Adopt4Life, a support and advocacy group for adoptive families.

Despaties said she’s heard from roughly a dozen families in the last few days.

“They are struggling with finding out that there’s reviews and not knowing where that will put their family situation,” she said.

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